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Hesitation To Join Fiji Anti-Corruption Commision
People Hesitate To Join Fiji Anti-Corruption Commission
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=29976
SUVA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch) - Fiji’s
interim administration is reported to be having difficulty
in persuading suitable people to join its Anti-Corruption
Commission.
The interim Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has told Radio Australia that potential members fear they will be hit with travel bans if they accept a position.
Sayed-Khaiyum says New Zealand and Australia have made it very clear that they are going to ban anybody associated with or appointed by the current administration.
He says this is stopping a lot of people from participating.
The interim attorney general says New Zealand and Australia did not do this in 2000 when the Qarase interim administration was in place but they see it fit to do so now.
Sayed-Khaiyum says the Anti-Corruption Commission will look into a range of alleged acts of corruption and a team of people selected from the police force is now sieving through relevant documents.
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